Paul Mellon Centre Postdoctoral Fellowships

Postdoctoral Fellowships are offered annually for the purpose of supporting continuing postdoctoral research in the field of British art and architectural history or supporting the start of a new research project that has arisen out of a successfully submitted doctoral dissertation.

They are designed for applicants who have had their doctoral theses successfully examined within the five years prior to January 2024.

Six-month full-time Postdoctoral Fellowships are specifically designed to either:
Support a Fellow whilst they undertake further postdoctoral research in the field of British art or architectural history
Support a Fellow undertake a new research project which has arisen out of a successfully submitted doctoral dissertation
This Fellowship is designed to encourage further in-depth research which could potentially result in a book, a series of articles, curatorial project or further study. It is not a requirement for the Fellow to state a single concrete outcome for the research project.

Postdoctoral Fellowships are awards of £15,000.